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Show I riiag'iv Pr t s i What is beneficial about Westminster growing the student body each year? u me 1'.,OiwypV 7T v i 5i ? Send your answer to forumeditorwestminstercollege.edu with sub75 ject line Opinion Question. Priority will be given to responses words or less. f Sf5- Planned Quran burning day incites hatred Mariah Najmuddin Oklahoma Daily, U. Oklahoma via UWIRE - Your favorite places in Salt Lake: My favorite place to visit in Salt Lake City would have to be Gateway Mall. One thing I like about Gateway is the variety of stores. Coming from a town where your mall is one straight hallway, this is an exciting new place to hang out and have fun with your friends. - Daniel Garcia-- I BT- iitfir rmmi- - mnin 1 nr rmm r"H"n rn iTi ii u nyrnririTtn nit iriittiiririinTriai nr rnr Trrrr vr Correction: article Ten Forum Favorites (Vol. XLTV, Issue I) misstated admission price ofHogle Zoo. The article reported admission price as $15. Regular adult admission is $9.00. The ueiegW5iV- - V still as narrow minded as it was when on Facebook and a book preaching the evils of Islam. our grandparents were children. If a group of Muslims were to pubLet me remind you, freedom of and Ground Zero, but how many people licly plan to bum Bibles, it would be from religion are also provided in our know about the International Bum a blasphemy and surely a sign of underKoran Day that will take place Sept. 11? ground terrorism. The media would be First Amendment. Its ridiculous that we have heard It is within our first amendment rights to spending hours covering the story. But burnexpress when, how and what we believe. this little church in Gainesville, Fla., is next to nothing about this Quran However, its mind boggling to see that getting nothing short of a pat on the ing. Just last year, the nation was in an the bigotry of yesteryear still plagues our back and open support. They havent uproar over the University of Texas in received any angry media coverage in San Antonios campaign, Smut for society and our views. From Japanese prison camps during defense of Islamic communities, nor Smut, a program where one could exthe 40s to Jim Crow laws of the 60s to the have they received any backlash from change religious texts for porn. The media wont eat up Quran burnQuran burning that will take place in just other Christian organizations. Instead, we can see that America is theytiave received more than 7,000 fans ing because bashing Islam has become a few days socially acceptable. According to an August 10 CBS poll, 45 percent of Americans said they have an unfavorable view toward Muslims. And according to an Aug. 19 TIME poll, 62 percent of Americans said they dont personally know someone who is Muslim. Its easy to target someone and something we dont know a thing about. In fact, Muslims make up less than 2 percent of our population. We are afraid of something we are completely oblivious to. B ut this goes beyond religion no matter what faith you belong to. Not only ic r has sentiment spread since VN also but 2001, stereotyping has become a commonality among all faiths. More and more Christians are viewed as inv tolerant and unloving, Muslims as radiV cal and violent and Mormons as cultic and creepy. Yes, it was Islamic extremists that attacked the U.S. on Sept. 11, but let us not forget the Mormon compound in Texas that held 400 children prisoner or the more than 200 abortion clinics that have been bombed by different Protes- Im sure almost everyone knows about the controversy surrounding the construction of a mosque near By now, anti-Islam- tant organizations. Im not trying to undermine the significance of Islamic extremism, and Im not saying we should ridicule Quran burners, but before we strike the match, we should be a little more open-mindto the people were affecting, not just the people who have affected us. There is ignorance among us all, some more than others, but we shouldnt let the foolish acts of few define the character of many. ed D: t Enter the Editors Choice Competition for best photo and have an opportunity for your photo to be printed and published. Send your best photo to forumcditorwestminstercollcge.edu ivith subject line Editors Choice Photo Comp. Photos must be at least 497 x 372 and jpeg format. Photos must be the sole work of the photographer and cannot have been previously published. Include details about the location, people and date of the photo. Additional information may be requested by The Forum prior to photographs will be printed. The Forum will not pay for submitted photographs. Submispublication. Only sion does not guarantee publication. 1 -- 4 f T |